Fabulous Frogs

Australia is home to about 240 species of native Amphibians, all of which are frogs. In urban areas, human development has reduced the natural habitat available to frogs. Fabulous Frogs is a great way to learn about frogs living in your backyard.

Discovering the frogs that live in your local area you can help protect them for the future.

Fabulous Frogs Program content:

In this program students will:

• Have a presentation on Australian frogs
• Explore frogs across Australia
• Classify frogs and other invertebrates
• Listen to frog calls
• Learn about the life cycle of frogs
• See live tadpoles

• Classification: Living Things – Vertebrates and Invertebrates
• Identification: Common groups of Invertebrates, Habitats and Comparing features
• Hands on investigation: Field works practices, Applying geographical tools and Observation
• Sustainability: Protecting habitats and Saving species

NSW Curriculum Links

Science and Technology K – 6

Skills

Students develop and apply skills in:

• scientific inquiry through the process of working scientifically
• design and production processes in the development of solutions

Knowledge and understanding

Students develop knowledge and understanding of:

• the natural world including living things and Earth
• the built environment
• how digital technologies represent data

Human Society and its Environment HSIE

Students:

• develop knowledge and understanding of the features and characteristics of places and environments across a range of scales
• develop knowledge and understanding of interactions between people, places and environments

Students:

• apply geographical tools for geographical inquiry
• develop skills to acquire, process and communicate geographical information